Cartridge



E. WHITNEY.

Cartridge.

No. 243,334. Pat-ent edlune I881.

UNITED. ST TE PATENT FFICE.

ELI WHITNEY, OF new HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CARTRIDGE.

, To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELI WHITNEY, of NewHaven,'in the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut, have'inventeda new Improvementin Cartridges; and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with v the accompartying-drawing and theletters of reference marked thereon. to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutespart of this specification, and'represents, in sectional side view. acartridge embodying my invention.

1 This invention relates to an improvement in cartridges, designed withspecial reference to cartridges used in magazine-arms.

Center-lire cartrir'lges are now almost uni versally used inmagazine-arms. As they lie in the magazine heads to points, accidentalexplosions not infrequently occur, because of the primer of the forwardcartridge being brought into sudden forcible contact with the ball ofthe cartridge next in rear. 4

Various mechanical devices have been applied to the magazine to preventthe possible contact of one cartridge with the next in rear of it, butas yet with no great success.

The object of this invention is to construct a cartridge so that noexplosion can occur from the contact of the primer of one cartridge withthe point of the one next in rear; audit consists in constructing thebullet with a cushion at its point of such flexible or elastic materialthat no forcible or exploding blow can be produced by it on the primerof the next cartridge.

A represents the metal shell, and B the bullet, combined into.acartridge in the usual manner. The bullet is made with a cavity in thecenter of its forward end, and into this cavity a cushion, a, isintroduced, made from indie-rubber, soft leather, or other flexible orelastic material, so as to project slightly from the end of the ball, asshown. .This cushion is the only part of one cartridge whieh'eanp'ossibly come in contact with the primer of the 45nextcartridgewhileintliemagazine. Because r of its flexible or elasticcharacter, nothing ap proximating an explosive blow can be imparted tothe primer by it hence all possible danger of explosion of the cartridgein the magazine is avoided. The cushion only needs to enter the bullet asufticient distance to retain it in position, and not so as to in anypracticable degree lighten the forward end of the bullet; hence thecushion in no way interferes with the progress of the bullet through theair, it maintaining its axial position as Well with the cushion aswithout. I

I do not wish to be understood to broadly claim providing a cartridgewith a cushion to protect its primer, as such,'I am aware, is not new.

I claiml A cartridge having the forward end of .the, bullet providedwith an elastic or flexible cushion at the center, and sees to projectthere from, substantially as described.

Witnesses:

JOHN E EARLE, L. 1). ROGERS.

,E-LI .WHir EY.

